Business

GraceKennedy (GK) has secured the media rights to all Inter Secondary Schools' Sporting Association (ISSA) events for the next 15 years.While the group of companies has been a long-time supporter of sports at the secondary level - it spends around...

Cayman banks are shedding their money transfer clients, but Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) says it is in dialogue with Cayman National Bank (CNB) so it can continue offering remittance services in that country through its JN Money Service...

Jamaican National plans to pump up capital in its Cayman subsidiary, the National Building Society of Cayman, and will be rebranding the business to link the marquee with its Jamaican parent.The name will change to JN Cayman."We are going to...

A local businessman who created a website aimed at catching job recruits who lie about their work history or omit information on previous employment, has collated data on more than 400 people and is promoting it as a human resource tool for...

AP:Like a lot of teenagers, Aanya Nigam reflexively shares her whereabouts, activities and thoughts on Twitter, Instagram and other social networks without a qualm.But Aanya's care-free attitude dissolved into paranoia a few months ago shortly after...

QUESTION: I am 19 years old and I just read one of your articles. I would appreciate if you would help me understand the investment world and how a young guy like me can start off.- RayFINANCIAL ADVISER: The investment sector is a critical part of...

If you suspect that there is something wrong with your corporate culture here's one way to start cleaning things up now, before the situation worsens.The 'promisphere' in your company is defined as a network consisting of every promise ever made....

When it comes to Cuba what is often missed is that its government's primary focus is not on the process of normalising its relationship with the United States, but on the far more fundamental domestic reforms that are gradually changing the country'...

AP:Venezuela's largest food distributor last Thursday denounced the government occupation of a Caracas warehouse amid accusations that the company is hoarding goods.Soldiers took over the warehouse complex used by Empresas Polar late Wednesday, just...

The Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS) closed out its last financial year with balance sheet assets of $97.3 billion, reflecting growth of 13 per cent, and was supported by adequate levels of capital, said president and CEO Richard Powell....

Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) expects to complete its transition to a commercial bank by the first quarter of 2016, with equipment and property already acquired for the transformation, says General Manager Earl Jarrett.The building...

Paramount Trading Limited is close to finalising a deal with Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Petroleum to establish a lubricant blending facility in Kingston.The joint-venture arrangement represents the next step in a relationship between the two...

AMG Packaging and Paper Company is to expand its slate of products to toilet paper and paper towels under a $150-million investment that marks its entry in the consumer market.The company has leased a 15,000-square-foot site at Orange Street,...

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) has delayed its new zero-tolerance policy to breaches of insurance, pension and securities law, which was originally meant to take effect on August 1, to the relief of its licensees.In a letter dated July 23,...